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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1897
Page
6
An elderly veteran recalls a harsh winter a year ago spent bedridden by rheumatism. He mentions doctors prescribing Burdock Mood Bitters and praises its value, as well as local supplier W. B. Krapp in Hillsdale County Michigan. The text also notes early penmakers and the long struggle to fix a point.
Brooks and Farrar recounts a departure scene as Cancun Farrar left the country years ago telling Phillips Brooke of a planned farewell jure on American impressions. The exchange highlights a warning that impressions may be incomplete or mistaken.
Chicora Pa Herald reports Richard Wensel endorses One Minute Cough Cure as the greatest success of medical science claiming it cured his whole family after other remedies failed. He says it helped children through a severe bout of measles and Made expectoration easy and rapid. Advertisers: W H Rennels St Louis and B S Webb Alma.
A garbled ad fragment mocks legal counsel with a jumbled exchange about penalties. It shifts to a health pitch for One Minute Cough Cure from W. H. Renvels of St Louis, Alma, Webb, and delivers a sales line on early consumption prevention.
The passage notes that the chief exponents of music in Japan are women and that most men would consider it ridiculous for them to sing or play in society. It frames women as prominent musicians despite male societal resistance.
Soothing salve for burns scalda and chapped hands and lips promises healing for cuts and sores and instant relief for piles. The notice centers on Witt's Witch Hazel Salve by W. H. Renne St. Louis and B. S. Webb Alma.
A Kalamazoo reader describes severe kidney pain and backache eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports temporary relief during illness and full recovery after consistent use, praising the remedy's local efficacy in Michigan. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is sole US agent.
A home remedy instructs filling deep scratches in furniture using yellow beeswax dissolved in turpentine to a thick paste. Apply with a wool cloth, rub briskly until dry, yielding improved but not perfect results. Also notes mud on streets and hard times for farmers as road quality improves, misused phrasing.
A New York Herald correspondent and Lord Wolseley recount two tales from Khartum and the Crimea. Gordon’s near suicidal bravery inspires awe while a New York Herald writer endures danger with cool detachment, earning Wolseley’s praise for his composure under fire.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a humorous exchange about avoiding large expired items in housekeeping. It mentions Professor Baird describing one pike at the Imperial aquarium in St. Petersburg as dating to the late fifteenth century, making it around 400 years old.
An amusing tale from naval service recalls a failed turret test when a single tobacco cheek fell into a pipe, choking a valve and halting a demonstration. After the pipe was cleared the turret operated, revealing the need to route power for ship operations away from steam lines.
A female attorney, standing firm for her client, demands the last word in a controversial case. The judge grants the motion to discharge the prisoner, while the lawyer declares she will insist on her right as a woman to have the final say.
A Washington Star report alleges Americans often deny lower berths to women travelers in sleeping cars. The piece criticizes men who withhold courtesy when traveling with wives or sisters, noting upper berths are superior for ventilation and safety in wrecks.
A dense OCR fragment compiles various ad blurbs and captions. References include DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and One Minute Cough Cure from W. H. Rennels of St. Louis, plus notes on Corbin family Revolutionary War ancestors and nonspecific health claims. The tone mimics a period newspaper mix of medical ads and short notices.
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